The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... motion . As the opera- tions in the minds of other men escape our notice , we can judge of their activity only from the sensible effects it produces ; and hence we are led to apply the charac- ter of activity to those whose bodily ...
... motion . As the opera- tions in the minds of other men escape our notice , we can judge of their activity only from the sensible effects it produces ; and hence we are led to apply the charac- ter of activity to those whose bodily ...
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... motion by the spirit of party , rendered him soon disgusted with the pretended patriotism and the selfish politics of those with whom he acted . Accord- ingly , although he was induced by the force of early connexions , and a natural ...
... motion by the spirit of party , rendered him soon disgusted with the pretended patriotism and the selfish politics of those with whom he acted . Accord- ingly , although he was induced by the force of early connexions , and a natural ...
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... motion ? Was there ever a language in which these words , together with those of ought and ought not , were not to be found ? Ought corresponds with the du of the Greeks , and the oportet and decet of the Latins . They are to be found ...
... motion ? Was there ever a language in which these words , together with those of ought and ought not , were not to be found ? Ought corresponds with the du of the Greeks , and the oportet and decet of the Latins . They are to be found ...
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... motions of the body ; and compared the connexion be- tween them to that between two clocks so adjusted by an artist that the motions of the one shall always corre- spond with those of the other . Every person of reflection must ...
... motions of the body ; and compared the connexion be- tween them to that between two clocks so adjusted by an artist that the motions of the one shall always corre- spond with those of the other . Every person of reflection must ...
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... motion , or any other instan- ces and facts in which we see the necessary connexion and truth . " † This paragraph , and some of the following pages , are copied verbatim from an Essay on the Idea of Cause and Effect , and on the object ...
... motion , or any other instan- ces and facts in which we see the necessary connexion and truth . " † This paragraph , and some of the following pages , are copied verbatim from an Essay on the Idea of Cause and Effect , and on the object ...
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Seite 306 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Seite 251 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Seite 343 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Seite 278 - Hunc solem, et Stellas, et decedentia certis Tempora momentis, sunt qui formidine nulla Imbuti spectent...
Seite 58 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Seite 506 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 47 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Seite 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Seite 68 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.